Visitors from Space

Visitors from Space
Start date:	December 5th, 1938
End date:	February 4th, 1939
# of strips:	54 (9 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Mandrake in Love"
Followed by:	"The Deep South"

"Visitors from Space" is the 16th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Visiting Mr. Rocks a huge metal globe was found on a hill of the palatial estate. From the globe comes a tall man in an unfamiliar barbaric dress followed by a beautiful woman with long, flowing, golden hair, wearing a glittering costume. And the mysterious couple say they come from Mars...

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar

One-time characters

• Mr. Rocks, a billionaire.
• Janice Rocks, daughter of Mr. Rocks.
• Prof. Hubert, of the local college.
• M 601, a man from Mars.
• F 390, a woman from Mars.
• Betsy, a horse.
• Kid Glove Kid, a master mind of crime (aka M 601).
• Doris, Kid Glove Kid's girlfriend (aka F 390).
• Steve Wilson, editor of Evening Gazette (?)
• Jones, alias of Kid Glove Kid.
• Joe, a journalist.
• Duke, a journalist.

Locations

• New York
• Pine Forks
  • The big swamp

Behind the scenes

Title

• The title for this story is taken from the strip of December 3, 1938 (Starting Next Week = Visitors from Space)

Signifiant covers

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Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "Os Viajantes de Marte", Mandrake #56 (1961)
• "Marcianos", Mandrake, o Mágico #4 (1970)

France

• "Les envoyés de Mars", Aventures et Mystère #60 (1948)
• "La sphère martienne", Spécial Mandrake #24 (1965)

French Polynesia

• "La sfera marziana", Mandrake #28 (Comics Stars in the World 1977 or 1978) note: Italian text.

Italy

• "La sfera marziana", Super Albo - Mandrake #92 (1964)
• "La sfera marziana", Mandrake #28 (Comics Stars in the World 1977 or 1978)
• "La sfera marziana", Mandrake - New Comics Now #147 (1985)
• "La sfera marziana", Mandrake 13 (Comic Art) (1992)
• "La sfera marziana", Mandrake il mago Volume 2 (2015)

New Zealand

• "Visitors from Space", Mandrake the Magician #67 and Mandrake the Magician #68 (1954)

Spain

• "La esfera marciana", Grandes Clásicos de los Comics del Pasado #34 - Mandrake #10 (1988)

Turkey

• "Merihli İnsanlar", 1001 Roman - Özel Sayı #16 (1941)

USA

• "no title", Critter #5 (1974)
• "no title", The Official Mandrake #10 (1989)
• "Visitors from Space", Comics Revue #411-412 (2020)

Yugoslavia

• "Ljudi s Marsa", Jutarnji list May 17, 1939 – July 18, 1939
• "Мандрак и људи са Марса", (romanized as "Mandrak i ljudi sa Marsa"), Mika Miš #288 – #305 (1939)